Week's Happenings Viewed by Mary Jane in Town
Old Girl of The News reviews the week with festive scenes from Thanksgiving to Advent. She notes cross country runs, church activities, bazaars, card parties, library meetings, and holiday preparations while reflecting on rising costs and the approach of 1916. The piece closes with Christmas plans and a call to join future events.
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Frederick
Edward
America
Mother Goose
Presbyterian
Mary Jane
Peace offer to Serbia rejected by crown prince
London November 27 The Daily Telegraph Salonika correspondent says General von Mackensen under a flag of truce sought a separate peace with Serbia offering to cede northeast Serbia from Knrajevac to Pirot and all of Serbian Macedonia while Old Serbia remains Serbian The crown prince refused to negotiate.
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London
Daily Telegraph
Salonika
Germany
Serbia
Bulgaria
Knrajevarg
Pirot
Serbian Macedonia
Old Serbia
Allies To Strike At Bulgaria From London Report
Allied powers plan a major push into Bulgaria to save Serbia and thwart German forces in the Near East. The dispatch notes preparations are underway as strategy advances. A News Help Want Ad promises results.
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Bulgaria
London
Serbia
Near East
Weather Summary Across Major Cities
Weather observers report clear skies in Atlantic City Boston Buffalo Chicago New Orleans New York Philadelphia St Louis and Washington with temperatures ranging from 36 to 64 degrees. Forecast calls for fair and warmer conditions followed by rain today, partly cloudy tomorrow with southerly winds.
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Wercther
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Atlantic City
Boston
Buffalo
Chicago
New Orleans
New York
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Washington
Wilson Declines to Lead Peace Conference Effort
Washington, Nov. 27 President Wilson will not take part in the campaign for a neutral peace conference. He will not oppose the unofficial movement, but has received no European signal that the moment is right for active steps. He stays in touch with peace sentiment through diplomats and may offer services if invited, and will renew his aid if officials of the warring nations request it.
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Washington
Wilson
Europe
White House
Aviator Reaches Goal in 600 Mile Toronto to New York Flight
Victor Carlstrom, testing new motor equipment, completed a 600 mile flight from Toronto to New York landing at Governor's Island after delays near Binghamton due to dizziness and engine trouble. He resumed to Long Island with much of the journey at high speed and reached Port Jervis at eighty three miles per hour.
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Toronto
New York
Victor Carlstrom
Ont
Governor's Island
Binghamton
N. C
Long Island
Port Jervis
Man Charged After Infant Smothering In Larksville
Wilkes-Barre Nov 27 Anthony Koslow five years old suffocated at parents home in Larksville when his uncle George Koslow alleged intoxicated man threw himself over the cradle where the child slept until awakened by the mother. Koslow held pending investigation.
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Anthony Koslow
Larksville
Here
George Koslow
Kosiow
Mexicans and U S Troops Clash in Nogales Fight
In Nogales Sonora on November 27 Mexican soldiers estimated at least twenty were killed by fire from American troops. Two American soldiers died and eight were wounded in the clash marking a deadly border confrontation.
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Nogales
Ariz
Sonora
Watres Injured In Auto Collision With Trolley Car
In Scranton Pennsylvania Colonel L A Watres former lieutenant governor and C D Simpson officials of Spring Brook Water were injured in a fog bound accident near Taylor as their auto collided with a street car They were carried home after treatment both not seriously hurt and bruises to face and hands noted Also included are items on protests against Senator Reed Smoot and a New Haven order for nearly three million dollars in rail equipment.
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Wilkes-Barre
Neitheria
Retired Rear Admiral Geatty. McLean Named Norfolk Yard Commandant
Norfolk will see Rear Admiral F. Beatty placed on the retired list and Read Admiral Walter McLean named to commandant of the Norfolk navy yard. McLean previously led the Atlantic fleet's fourth division. In New York, Madame Mabel Grouitch appeals to the Rockefeller Foundation for aid to starving Serbians, reporting severe food shortages and refugees along the army’s retreat line from Salonika.
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Norfolk, Va
F. &. Beatty
Norfolk Navy Yard
Read Admiral
Walter McLean
U. S
New York
Rockefeller Foundation
Mabel Grouitch
Mme. Grouitch
Salonika
Serbia
Princeton Student Dies After Bicycle Crash in New Jersey
Alfred E. Price a Princeton senior died in Pittsburgh hospital from injuries after being thrown from his bicycle in Princeton New Jersey on October 22. He sustained severe head injuries and was first treated at a Princeton hospital before arriving in Pittsburgh two weeks earlier with his father G. Price of Oakmont Pennsylvania.
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Alfred E. Price
Princeton University
Princeton
N. J
Price
G. &. Price
Oakmoat
Cardinal von Hartmann Delivers German War Message to Pope
Rome Nov 27 Cardinal von Hartmann archbishop of Cologne arrived in Rome bearing an important message from Emperor William I to Pope Benedict presenting the war situation from the German view. The message reportedly says Germany was forced into war in self defense and disclaims responsibility.
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Cardinal von Hartmann
Cologne
Rome
William I
Benedict
Germany
Tonsiline Sore Throat Remedy Ad Card
Sore Throat Prudence urges keeping a bottle of Tonsiline at home for sudden throat relief. The ad promotes Tonsiline as the sole sore throat remedy sold widely in the United States and available in 2c, 50c, and hospital list prices. All druggists carry it.
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